GENERAL : 30 MM Ammunition is fired from 30 mm automatic Gun 2A42 mounted on infantry combat vehicle BMP II as the main armament. The gun had double belt feed system, one belt with armour piercing tracer round and the other with both High Explosive Incendiary and HE Tracer rounds generally in ratio of 4:1.

30 mm HE/I ammunition is a fixed type of ammunition and is intended for use against main power and non armoured ground and aerial targets 30 mm Gun is designed for single shot firing as well as automatic firing at rapid & slow rates.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
:

Total length of ammunition (High)

292.84 mm

Total Length of ammunition (Low)

289.45 mm

Mass of Complete Round

0.833 kg

Mass of projectile

0.389 kg ± 0.006 kg

Mass of propellant

0.122 kg

Mass of bursting charge

0.0485 kg ± 0.001 kg

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
:

Muzzle Velocity

960 m/s ± 10 m/s

Mean pressure of propellant

3600 Kg/cm 2

Self destruction time of fuze

9.0 to 14.0 Sec

Maximum Range :

a)

At ground target

4000 m

b)

At aerial target

2000 m

c)

Slant range

2500 m

SPECIAL FEATURES
:
HE/I projectiles are equipped with fuze A670M designed to explode on impact with the target and it can cause self destruction of the shell if it misses the target.

QUALITY
:
The raw material used for components are tested by independent Quality Assurance Wing. Major components are test-fired and only passed proof components are taken into final assembly of ammunition. The final round is dynamically proved for i) MV ii.) Pressure iii) Safety & functioning at low rate of fire and high rate of fire.